How to Maintain the Weight After the Cabbage Soup Diet?

1. Drink green tea every morning before breakfast. Do this for a while, at least till your system is regulated, which for most takes a week. Green tea loosens fat so that you burn more off. Do this before your breakfast or before your cardio workout.

2. Take up Pilates, yoga, or buy a ballet book. For us guys, this is embarrassing. But I had to take up Pilates because I needed better coordination. Pilates is good because it helps trim your body. Sometimes we're miserable about this diet because we have big frames with fat and a small intake valve. The trimmer you are, the better you'll feel. So go pick up a Pilates, yoga, or ballet book and do the stretches as much as you can.

3. Eat in moderation. Once you're off, you have to be careful about what you eat. Don't intake to much fat. Look at serving sizes and what not and keep saturated fats and sugar to a minimum.

4. Write down your progress. This is really what saved me. I was ready to quit a few times, but after reading what all I'd accomplished so quickly, I thought I owed it to myself to stick with it. It wouldn't hurt to take a before and after shot too.

By Jason

I lost 4.5kg the first time I did it (went from 85kg to 80.5kg) and pretty much kept it off. I am now doing it again as I want to get down to 75kg which I think is my ideal weight(I am 180cm).

I am on day 2 and have lost 1 kg. The important thing is that you have to also exercise, and not just through this diet, but ALL THE TIME. I know this sounds bad, but if you can get into a routine, then all you need to do is take a brisk walk for 30 minutes 3 times a day. This speeds up the metabolism and your body will burn up fat quicker, even while you are doing nothing. I used to be 95kg about 3 years ago and with exercise and getting off junk food and just eating sensibly I have found the weight slipping off. I do the cabbage diet just to give me a boost, and have found that the weight stays off after it.

By simon